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Beasts of Burden
Revisiting a childhood classic, Beasts of Burden is a disturbing experience that will traumatize your child-self. Explore a Groundhog-Day scenario where all is not as it seems, and discover the horrifying truth lying just under the surface in this impactful psychological horror nostalgia trip.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.
“Pikachu is frickin' pissed and is gonna kill you... he got a knife, bro, just back off, it's not worth it. Damn.”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played“WARNING! SPOLIERS KINDA! "Why did you do it?" 'cause mfs lvl capped me at F**KING ONE and didn't let me leave the tutorial town. "You hurt my wormy!" You lost fair an square the first time but kept coming back. Now you have pulp, enjoy. "You hurt me!" GOOD. Kept sendin' your…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“This is, unfortunately, just... not a very good game. I have to congratulate the developer for making a game in the first place, doing that is hard and even a game like this probably took them a lot of effort. But it's not a very enjoyable experience in almost every possible…”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. History through 2022-04 via SteamCharts; self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
I've started doing daily development streams!
Hey all! I've been working hard on the Beasts of Burden remake, as well as a new title. I'm doing my best to implement everyone's feedback, and I realized you might like to see firsthand what kind of
We have a Discord! + road ahead discussion
Hey everyone! I'm done apologizing for the radio silence, you all know my excuses and I'm tired of making them. That said, I have not been idle when it comes to Beasts of Burden! Actual development wa
Major good news for the future of BoB!!!
Hello everyone! And thank you to everybody that's stuck around in the community your support means the world to me. I've got some exciting news! So for the past several months I've been struggling rea
Beasts of Burden Remake DevLog #1 - Fixing Unity2D Shadows, Improved White Room
Hello, this is my first DevLog for the remake of my first game Beasts of Burden, an indie horror game based on the false advertisement Evertale ads. In light of a recent surge of attention, I have dec
Full remake in the works but for now here's how to fix the most common bugs
I have been working very hard to make massive improvements to the game and expect DevLogs and early access builds for patrons very very soon but in the meantime I made this video illustrating how to r
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.
| Genres | Indie, RPG, Free To Play |
| Player tags | RPG · 2D · Psychological Horror · Horror · Dark · Puzzle · Pixel Graphics · Abstract · Mystery · Cartoony · Colorful · Minimalist (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: 1.1Ghz Memory: 2 GB RAM Storage: 1 GB available space